envexlabs Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Hey guys, I have a question that isn't really PHP related, more of a ui design question. On a site i'm developing we have 2 types of accounts. Store and Shopper. We are using 1 login form that checks to see if the user signed in with their email (shopper) or username (store). Everything is working fine, but i'm having trouble deciding what to call the username/email input label. Right now i think it may be confusing to users to put Username/Email Address. What do you guys think? What would you prefer to see? Thanks, envex (matt) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jonsjava Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 "Please login with your site credentials" Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envexlabs Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Hey, Thanks for the suggestion but the site has a very colorful, laid back, personal feel and i'm thinking that sounds a bit too coorperate/grey/unfriendly. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepsi_max2k Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 just... give everyone either emails *or* user names, and have it check the login to see if the name/email belongs to a store or shopper account? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envexlabs Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 just... give everyone either emails *or* user names, and have it check the login to see if the name/email belongs to a store or shopper account? Hey, That's what i'm doing right now, i'm just trying to figure out what to label it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pepsi_max2k Posted April 24, 2009 Share Posted April 24, 2009 Not sure if you understood me.... I mean don't allow both types to be used for logins. Either set it to just use user names for everyone, or to just use emails for everyone, not allow both of them to be used. Then you don't have to worry about what to name it Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
envexlabs Posted April 24, 2009 Author Share Posted April 24, 2009 Hey, We are making it work this way so a shopper can upgrade to a store account or a store account can also have a shopper account without creating 2 seperate accounts with 2 seperate emails/2 seperate usernames. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
coalgames Posted April 26, 2009 Share Posted April 26, 2009 This is a pretty creative idea. You could just say username: [ some form is here ] (Either your username or email). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
quarantine Posted April 30, 2009 Share Posted April 30, 2009 Hey guys, I have a question that isn't really PHP related, more of a ui design question. On a site i'm developing we have 2 types of accounts. Store and Shopper. We are using 1 login form that checks to see if the user signed in with their email (shopper) or username (store). Everything is working fine, but i'm having trouble deciding what to call the username/email input label. Right now i think it may be confusing to users to put Username/Email Address. What do you guys think? What would you prefer to see? Thanks, envex (matt) you could make a separate page for each store owner and shopper login. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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